Annet Merin, Abraham (2014) Effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge of menstrual disorders and its effect on conception among students of selected colleges, Chennai. Masters thesis, M.A.Chidambaram College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In women the period of growth and development extends throughout the life cycle; however, the period in which the principle changes occur is during the onset of menstruation, menarche is the hallmark of female pubertal development. The menstrual cycle is a very important indicator of women’s reproductive health and their endocrine function. Menstrual disorders are the irregularity in the normal menstrual cycle a common presentation among females, 75% of girls experience some problem associated with menstruation like delayed, irregular, painful, and heavy menstrual bleeding are leading reasons for physician office visits by patient Guerin (2009). The most positive aspect of the menstrual cycle is ability to become pregnant and give birth. When menstrual disorders are not treated in the early age then it leads to difficult to conceive. The investigator found the problem as significant one and decided to undertake the present study. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge of menstrual disorders and its effect on conception. METHODOLOGY: Quasi-experimental design was used. Samples were from Arts and Science colleges in Chennai by proportionate sampling technique, total sample size was 100, 50 samples from Arts and 50 samples from Science group. Pre-test was conducted using structured questionnaire, video assisted teaching was administered, and post test was conducted. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis. RESULTS: The findings of the study revealed that in the pre-test mean score was 37.428 with Standard deviation 14.171 and in post-test mean score was 95.171 with Standard deviation 9.844. The paired ‘t’ value was 38.052 showed that there is a statistically significant difference between the knowledge in the pre-test and the post test at p<.001. Statistical significance. Comparing the post test knowledge score of arts and science students shows that there was statistically significant difference in the knowledge between the arts and science students at p<.001 level. There was a statistical significant association between the post-test knowledge of menstrual disorders and its effect on conception and course of study at P<0.001. Study findings concluded that video assisted teaching was effective. CONCLUSION: The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge of menstrual disorders and its effect on conception among students studying in selected colleges. There was a statistically significant (p->0.01) increase in post test knowledge score of menstrual disorders and its effect on conception among students studying in selected colleges. Therefore it is concluded that providing video assisted teaching is an effective teaching strategy in increasing the knowledge of menstrual disorders and its effect on conception among students studying in selected colleges.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness ; video assisted teaching ; knowledge ; menstrual disorders ; conception ; students ; selected colleges ; Chennai. |
| Subjects: | PHARMACY > Pharmaceutics |
| Depositing User: | Ravindran C |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2017 05:52 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2018 08:03 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/3271 |
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